Category Archives: Culture

PLUG: New blog on the block

Posted on April 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Hi This mail is to tell you about a new local blog which aims to start a debate about the future of news, current affairs and issues reporting in Bristol. Local newspapers across the country are having problems with declining … Continue reading →

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BANKSY BALLS: the anxiety of influence an' all that

Posted on April 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

“It’s mindless vandalism,” thunders the Evening Cancer. A view apparently supported by an odd coalition of Bristol Indymedia readers, the BBC, the local PR industry, the Lib Dems and the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft. Appropriate Media daubing Banksy’s ‘Mild, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Banksy, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Culture, Graffiti, Journalism, Lib Dems, Media, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 36 comments

The ego has landed

Posted on April 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

In Knowle West. Earlier. Long-suffering residents of the area were today treated to a keynote speech from none other than Public School Twit of the Year, George Ferguson, at the launch of some ill-fated, state funded council internet nonsense called … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol South, Culture, IT, Knowle West, Local government, Media, Merchant Venturers | Tagged , , , | There are 4 comments

A capital idea

Posted on March 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Chris Hutt at the Green Bristol Blog has been casting a critical eye over proposed Cycling City expenditure this week. Meanwhile Tory Councillor Geoff Gollop is asking difficult questions (pdf) about the city’s latest money-pit, the Museum of Bristol, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Conservatives, Culture, Cycling Demonstration City, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 55 comments

Modernism in Flax Bourton

Posted on March 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Stopped along the A370 at Flax Bourton today to take a look at the modernist houses there. No really. They’re off the main road, tucked between the olde worlde cottages of the original village and a new executive homes development. … Continue reading →

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The Hollywood post

Posted on March 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Kerry McCarthy has tagged me about this list of DVDs which Barack Obama gave Gordon Brown. The films are: Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Casablanca, Raging Bull, Singin’ in the Rain, Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, Schindler’s List, Vertigo, … Continue reading →

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STOP PRESS (no really this time): Massive objection!!!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I think we’ve found ate least one ‘celeb’ who Harvey Nichols Bristol is sure not to become a destination shop for. While on-off colleague Grant Marshall did the DJing for the Harvey Nichols opening yesterday, it seems – and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Broadmead, Culture, Developments, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 12 comments

Eyeball pleaser

Posted on September 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Photo by knautia at Bristol streetart

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Culture, Graffiti, Media | Tagged , | There are 6 comments

Liberal arts?

Posted on August 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I’ve been reading a bit about Paul McCarthy, the artist responsible for the dog shit inflatable that went AWOL in Switzerland last week and provided the ideal platform for a cheap gag at the expense of Bristol’s Tories. I’m especially … Continue reading →

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EDF off

Posted on July 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

If you’re over 65 or over, then make sure you get yourself down to the EDF Energy Harbour Festival on Saturday and grab a front row seat for the immensely ordinary Beth Rowley and a host of other stuff you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Culture, Harbourside, Labour Party, Local government, Politics | Tagged | There are 11 comments